Capsule-holder.



F. J. HUBBARD.

CAPSULE HOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED 02c. 11. I914.

COLUMBIA PLANOGRAPH CI!" WASHINGTON. D. C. I

IN'A/TO. Mai

Patented Aug. 3, 1915.

J-YTTORNLY.

powerful CAPSULE-HOLDER Specification of Letters Iatent.

' Patented Aug..3, 1915.

A lication-filedDecember 11,1914; Serial at. 876,663.

in connection with the accompanying drawings,-is a full, clear,and exactdescription.

This invention relates to certain improvements in capsule holders fortemporarily gripping and holding breakableimedi'cine capsules orconceals preparatory to extracb ing the contents therefrom for dermicinjections or other purposes.-

For hygienic reasons and safety,*the more medicines, such asthose-whi'chare applied to patients hypodermically, are usually put up and sold tophysicians and surgeons in small quantities in hermetically sealed tubesor conceals of glass or other fragile or easily breakable substance andare kept in this hermetically sealed condition until needed for use andare then broken at one end sufficiently toallow the contents to bewithdrawn by a hypodermic syringe or needle by which they'are injectedinto the patient without liability of contamination with foreign matter,and in view of the relatively small size of such capsules or conceals,the physicians and surgeons have considerable difficulty in holding them"in proper position to extract the contents without liability ofdropping them or wasting such contents.

The main object, therefore, of my inven= tion is to provide a simple andcomparatively inexpensive device for temporarily holding these concealswhile breaking the ends thereof and withdrawing their contentswithoutliability of dropping the same or wasting the contents.

Another object is to enable the whole device to be tilted to differentangles to conform to the position or convenience of the user inwithdrawing the medicine from the conceal or capsule.

Other objects and uses relating to specific parts of the device will bebrought out in the following description.

In the drawings-Figures 1 and 2 are, respectively, a top plan and a sideelevation of a capsule holder embodying the various features of myinvention, the gripping device being shown by dotted lines in differentpositions of adjustment, and the capsule being use in hypoalsoindicatedby dotted lines as being held by the gripping jaws. Fig. 3 is'a-vertical sectional view of the-same device taken on line 3+3, Fig. 1.Fig. 4 is -an-elevation partly in section of a'modified form of capsuleholder in which the gripping device is rigidly secured to its/supportingbase.

The preferred form of my invention shown in Figs. 1 to 3inclusive,comprises a supportingbaseorstzindard 1 and a capsule holder 2-adjustably mounted thereon, and'hel'd inits adjusted position bymeans-of "a-clamp'ing bolt 3' and handnut l. The bottom'of the standard1- is relatively broad and adapted to rest upona table orother'suitablesupport, the upper portion thereof being reduced and provided at itsupper end with a transverse bolt opening 5- fo'r receiving theclampingbolt 3 which extends'beyond opposite sides of thestandard and isprovided at one end'witha vertical opening -'6-- for receiving anupright rod --7- forming a part of the capsule holder, the opposite endof aidbolt being threaded and engaged by the and-nut '4, thus permittingthe rod 7' to be drawn tightly against the adj acent side of thestandard -1 when the nut 4 is tightened and also permitting said rodtobe adjusted vertically when thenut is loosened.

Secured tc-the upper end of the rod 7- having a central aperture 13throu h which the supporting rod 7 extends and is free to slide therein.The upper portion as 11-- of the U-shape bar 11 together with the plate8 constitutes gripping jaws between which the conceal or capsule ct isyieldingly held by a coil spring --13 surrounding the rod between theplates 8- and -12- and having its opposite ends abutting against saidplates, the spring being tensioned to normally force the gripping jawstoward each other, or rather to force the U-shape bar v+a; in operativeposition. The bolt -3- is loosely mounted in the aperture 5 so as topermit it together 1 with the capsule gripping device to turn todifferent angles about the'axis of the ,bolt to bring the capsule intoany convenient po# sition to any angle as may be most convenient to thephysician, surgeon or other operator. In somev instances, however, asshown in Fig. 4:, the lower end of the rod as 7 may be rigidly securedin the upper end of a supportingjbase or standard 1,-but otherwise, thecapsule gripping device is substantially -the samev as that shown inFigs. 1,2 and 3. It is also evident that the gripping device. includingthe rod 7 may be turned in the aperture 6 when the nut is loosened.These cap-' sules are usually made of glass or other fragile oreasilybreakable material and l1ermetically sealed contents, thereby preventingany possibility of contamination of-th'e Q medicine with foreign-matter.r

. iWhen it isdesired to use the contents of a capsule or conceal, theoperator lifts the plate 12 and 7 parts carried .thereby by hand untilthe upper jaw 11 is raised a suiiicient distance above the plate '8 toallow the. insertion of'the capsule into the groove -9, whereupon theupward pressure on the plate is relieved and the spring 13 returns ittogether with the U-shape [bar 11 and jaw -11 until the jaw ,11- engagesthe periphery of the capsule to frictionally hold it to its seat 9. Oneend of the capsule may then be broken off by filing thevsame at thepoint where it is Copies of this patent may be obtained for five centseach, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, I). 6.? V vI desired to break, after which 'contents may be withdrawn by ahypodermic syringe and applied to the'patient in the well known manner.

The operation of my invention will now jawon one end, a plateslidableonthe rod,

a gripping vmember extending across the ,openside of the groove attachedto said sliding plate, and a spring interposed bebe: readily understoodby reference to the V foregoing description and the accompany V a-rodhaving a V-shape tween said plate and jawfor forcing the aw and grippingmember toward each other to grip a capsule. V

2. In. a device for temporarily holding medicine capsules or conceals, arod, a jaw secured to one end of the rod and provided with a groove inits outer end face and with recesses in itsopposite edges, a U-shape barextending across the open side of the groove and having its oppositearms guided in the recesses, a plate slidable lengthwise of and upon therod and secured to the ends of the bar, and a coil. spring surroundingthe rod and havingits ends abutting against the .plate and jawrespectively for forcingthe jaw toward theportionof thebar which extendsacross the groove. f c

Inwitness whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 4th day of December1914.

' FREDERICK J. HUBBARD. Witnesses: v I

H. E. CHASE, I Anion M. CANNON.

